Apple iPhone XR: The Cheaper iPhone That Might Be A Better Deal

Apple’s iPhone XR is real. All that speculation about a new, “cheap” iPhone can finally come to an end.

The device, and its perplexing name, got an official reveal on stage today at Apple’s product event. The iPhone XR will cost you at least $1229 — so long as you don’t mind the compromises that come with keeping its price in our stratosphere.

Speaking on stage, Apple called the device “an iPhone X experience on an LCD display”. But if you’re looking for the latest, fanciest version of that “iPhone X experience”, see our iPhone Xs rundown. Now, back to the XR.

It features a less glamorous-sounding, but surely capable water-resistant aluminium body and a 6.1-inch “liquid retina” LCD display (at 326ppi) — instead of an OLED display like on the iPhone X.

As for its appearance, we actually have something interesting to talk about here. The device will come in black, white, red, yellow, blue and coral.

For months now, we’ve heard that Apple had three new iPhones in the works, all based on last year’s iPhone X.

But once it became clear that the iPhone X’s flagship successors weren’t going to blow us away with any major new features, the device we now know as the iPhone XR started looking like a pretty interesting deal, with its comparatively mid-tier size and moderate price — after Apple really went there and started charging people $1579-plus for a belatedly revamped phone.

Screenshot: Gizmodo, Apple

All that, plus its comparatively bountiful colour options, makes this lower-cost iPhone seem like it may turn out to be the real star of this lineup, once Apple starts accepting preorders on October 19.

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